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Davis CC, Choisy P. Medicinal plants meet modern biodiversity science. Curr Biol 2024; 34:R158-R173. [PMID: 38412829 DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2023.12.038] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/29/2024]
Abstract
Plants have been an essential source of human medicine for millennia. In this review, we argue that a holistic, interdisciplinary approach to the study of medicinal plants that combines methods and insights from three key disciplines - evolutionary ecology, molecular biology/biochemistry, and ethnopharmacology - is poised to facilitate new breakthroughs in science, including pharmacological discoveries and rapid advancements in human health and well-being. Such interdisciplinary research leverages data and methods spanning space, time, and species associated with medicinal plant species evolution, ecology, genomics, and metabolomic trait diversity, all of which build heavily on traditional Indigenous knowledge. Such an interdisciplinary approach contrasts sharply with most well-funded and successful medicinal plant research during the last half-century, which, despite notable advancements, has greatly oversimplified the dynamic relationships between plants and humans, kept hidden the larger human narratives about these relationships, and overlooked potentially important research and discoveries into life-saving medicines. We suggest that medicinal plants and people should be viewed as partners whose relationship involves a complicated and poorly explored set of (socio-)ecological interactions including not only domestication but also commensalisms and mutualisms. In short, medicinal plant species are not just chemical factories for extraction and exploitation. Rather, they may be symbiotic partners that have shaped modern societies, improved human health, and extended human lifespans.
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- Charles C Davis
- Department of Organismic and Evolutionary Biology, Harvard University Herbaria, 22 Divinity Avenue, Cambridge, MA 02138, USA.
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- LVMH Research, 185 Avenue de Verdun, 45804 Saint Jean de Braye CEDEX, France
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Hutchins L, Mc Cartney A, Graham N, Gillespie R, Guzman A. Arthropods are kin: Operationalizing Indigenous data sovereignty to respectfully utilize genomic data from Indigenous lands. Mol Ecol Resour 2023. [PMID: 37455607 DOI: 10.1111/1755-0998.13822] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/09/2023] [Revised: 05/22/2023] [Accepted: 05/30/2023] [Indexed: 07/18/2023]
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Indigenous peoples have cultivated biodiverse agroecosystems since time immemorial. The rise of metagenomics and high-throughput sequencing technologies in biodiversity studies has rapidly expanded the scale of data collection from these lands. A respectful approach to the data life cycle grounded in the sovereignty of indigenous communities is imperative to not perpetuate harm. In this paper, we operationalize an indigenous data sovereignty (IDS) framework to outline realistic considerations for genomic data that span data collection, governance, and communication. As a case study for this framework, we use arthropod genomic data collected from diversified and simplified farm sites close to and far from natural habitats within a historic Kānaka 'Ōiwi (Indigenous Hawaiian) agroecosystem. Diversified sites had the highest Operational Taxonomic Unit (OTU) richness for native and introduced arthropods. There may be a significant spillover effect between forest and farm sites, as farm sites near a natural habitat had higher OTU richness than those farther away. We also provide evidence that management factors such as the number of Polynesian crops cultivated may drive arthropod community composition. Through this case study, we emphasize the context-dependent opportunities and challenges for operationalizing IDS by utilizing participatory research methods, expanding novel data management tools through the Local Contexts Hub, and developing and nurturing community partnerships-all while highlighting the potential of agroecosystems for arthropod conservation. Overall, the workflow and the example presented here can help researchers take tangible steps to achieve IDS, which often seems elusive with the expanding use of genomic data.
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- Leke Hutchins
- Department of Environmental Sciences Policy and Management, University of California Berkeley, Berkeley, California, USA
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- UC Santa Cruz Genomics Institute, University of California Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz, California, USA
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- Department of Environmental Sciences Policy and Management, University of California Berkeley, Berkeley, California, USA
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- Department of Environmental Sciences Policy and Management, University of California Berkeley, Berkeley, California, USA
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- Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of California Irvine, Irvine, California, USA
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Meyer R, Davies N, Pitz KJ, Meyer C, Samuel R, Anderson J, Appeltans W, Barker K, Chavez FP, Duffy JE, Goodwin KD, Hudson M, Hunter ME, Karstensen J, Laney CM, Leinen M, Mabee P, Macklin JA, Muller-Karger F, Pade N, Pearlman J, Phillips L, Provoost P, Santi I, Schigel D, Schriml LM, Soccodato A, Suominen S, Thibault KM, Ung V, van de Kamp J, Wallis E, Walls R, Buttigieg PL. The founding charter of the Omic Biodiversity Observation Network (Omic BON). Gigascience 2022; 12:giad068. [PMID: 37632753 PMCID: PMC10460158 DOI: 10.1093/gigascience/giad068] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/29/2023] [Revised: 07/31/2023] [Accepted: 07/31/2023] [Indexed: 08/28/2023] Open
Abstract
Omic BON is a thematic Biodiversity Observation Network under the Group on Earth Observations Biodiversity Observation Network (GEO BON), focused on coordinating the observation of biomolecules in organisms and the environment. Our founding partners include representatives from national, regional, and global observing systems; standards organizations; and data and sample management infrastructures. By coordinating observing strategies, methods, and data flows, Omic BON will facilitate the co-creation of a global omics meta-observatory to generate actionable knowledge. Here, we present key elements of Omic BON's founding charter and first activities.
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- Raïssa Meyer
- HGF MPG Joint Research Group for Deep-Sea Ecology and Technology, Alfred Wegener Institute, Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research, Bremerhaven 27570, Germany
- Faculty of Geosciences, University of Bremen, Bremen 28359, Germany
- HGF MPG Joint Research Group for Deep-Sea Ecology and Technology, Max Planck Institute for Marine Microbiology, Bremen 28359, Germany
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- Gump South Pacific Research Station, University of California Berkeley, Moorea 98728, French Polynesia
- Berkeley Institute for Data Science, University of California, Berkeley, CA 94720, USA
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- Science Department, Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute, Moss Landing, CA 95039, USA
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- Department of Invertebrate Zoology, National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC 20560, USA
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- School of Ocean and Earth Science, University of Southampton, Southampton SO17 1BJ, UK
- Ocean Technology and Engineering Group, National Oceanography Center, Southampton SO14 3ZH, UK
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- Department of Anthropology, New York University, New York City, NY 10012, USA
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- Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission of UNESCO, Ocean Biodiversity Information System, Oostende 8400, Begium
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- Global Genome Biodiversity Network Secretariat Office, National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC 20560, USA
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- Science Department, Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute, Moss Landing, CA 95039, USA
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- Tennenbaum Marine Observatories Network and MarineGEO Program, Smithsonian Environmental Research Center, Edgewater, MD 21037, USA
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- National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration, NOAA Ocean Exploration, La Jolla, CA 92037, USA
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- Te Kotahi Research Institute, University of Waikato, Hamilton 3240, New Zealand
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- Wetland and Aquatic Research Center, U.S. Geological Survey, Gainesville, FL 32653, USA
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- Department of Physical Oceanography, GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel, Kiel 24105, Germany
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- Science department, National Ecological Observatory Network, Boulder, CO 80301, USA
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- Geosciences Research Division, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, La Jolla, CA 92093, USA
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- Observatory Leadership department, National Ecological Observatory Network, Boulder, CO 80301, USA
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- Botany and Biodiversity Informatics, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (AAFC), Ottawa, Ontario K1A 0C6, Canada
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- College of Marine Science, University of South Florida, St. Petersburg, FL 33701, USA
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- European Marine Biological Resource Centre (EMBRC-ERIC), Paris 75252, France
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- Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (AAFC), Harrow N0R 1G0, Ontario, Canada
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- Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission of UNESCO, Ocean Biodiversity Information System, Oostende 8400, Begium
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- European Marine Biological Resource Centre (EMBRC-ERIC), Paris 75252, France
- Hellenic Centre for Marine Research (HCMR), Institute of Marine Biology, Biotechnology and Aquaculture (IMBBC), Heraklion GR71003, Greece
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- GBIF | Global Biodiversity Information Facility, Copenhagen DK-2100, Denmark
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- Epidemiology & Public Health, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD 21201, USA
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- European Marine Biological Resource Centre (EMBRC-ERIC), Paris 75252, France
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- Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission of UNESCO, Ocean Biodiversity Information System, Oostende 8400, Begium
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- Science department, National Ecological Observatory Network, Boulder, CO 80301, USA
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- Data Science department, Critical Path Institute, Tucson, AZ 85718, USA
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- HGF MPG Joint Research Group for Deep-Sea Ecology and Technology, Alfred Wegener Institute, Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research, Bremerhaven 27570, Germany
- Information, Data and Computer Center, Helmholtz Metadata Collaboration/GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel, Kiel 24105, Germany
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